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|    Chris M. Thomasson to Chris M. Thomasson    |
|    Re: Hidden dimensions could explain wher    |
|    05 Jan 26 15:14:16    |
      From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com              On 1/5/2026 3:09 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:       > On 1/5/2026 2:49 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:       >> [Supersedes in order to correct typos]       >>       >> Chris M. Thomasson wrote:       >>> On 1/5/2026 1:47 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:       >>>> You appear to be       >>>> referring to a definition of "dimension" that is used in science-       >>>> fiction       >>>> and fantasy instead.       >>> [...]       >>>       >>> Ponder on it:       >>>       >>> (4th Dimension Explained By A High-School Student)       >>> https://youtu.be/eGguwYPC32I       >>       >> The argument that they are making about time (not being "the 4th       >> dimension")       >> is pseudo-scientific and ridiculous, based on their ignorance of what it       >> means when we say "4th dimension" in that regard (which I just       >> explained to       >> you in detail). Scientifically it is complete nonsense to say "every       >> dimension has time in it" as they do.       >>       >> *Their* ignorance is excusable, though, because they are just a high       >> school       >> kid and are not expected to know about or understand pseudo-Riemannian       >> manifolds like spacetime (although they could have certainly have found       >> books that explained it at their level of understanding). Yours is       >> not (as       >> I just explained it to you in detail).       >>       >       > Say to explain a 3d point in time we need (x, y, z, t), t for time.       >       > For a 4d point we need (x, y, z, w, t), t for time.       >       > t is in every dimension?       >       > For a 2d (x, y, t)       >       > For a 1d (x, t)              Why not keep time in the dimension, aka a 0 dimension is a 1 ary vector       (t), a 1d is (x, t), a 2d is (x, y, t), 3d (x, y, z, t), on and on...              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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